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Fresh Find Valued Member United States 138 Posts	Posted 09/11/2024 4:10 pm How is it that consecutive notes would have a plate number that is skipped for instance the back plate serial number of these notes is 23 and 25 skipping 24. Report this Post to the Staff

Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 09/11/2024 6:55 pm Steve in Tampa can surely answer this. Report this Post to the Staff
CoolBreeze Valued Member United States 152 Posts	Posted 09/12/2024 01:01 am Consecutive serial numbers are not printed on the same sheet. The back plate numbers are sometimes different. Report this Post to the Staff
SteveInTampa Pillar of the Community United States 4637 Posts	Posted 09/12/2024 05:54 am CoolBreeze is correct. If you have a pack of 100 consecutive notes, rest assured that they came from 100 different sheets that were stacked and cut. Report this Post to the Staff
Fresh Find Valued Member United States 138 Posts	Posted 09/18/2024 3:54 pm So how is it that they're right next to each other on the front plate but they're not next to each other on the back plate? Report this Post to the Staff
CoolBreeze Valued Member United States 152 Posts	Posted 09/20/2024 05:01 am They were not printed right next to each other. They were printed using different plates. Front plates 43 and 44 and back plates 23 and 25. Edited by CoolBreeze 09/21/2024 02:06 am Report this Post to the Staff
lettow Pillar of the Community United States 742 Posts	Posted 09/20/2024 2:17 pm There is more than one plate on a single press. The plates cycle through. There are several steps involved in intaglio printing. Inking, wiping, impressing. While one is making the impression, the others are being prepared for their turn. Report this Post to the Staff
Fresh Find Valued Member United States 138 Posts	Posted 03/27/2025 05:21 am If what you guys are saying is true then how does this happen Report this Post to the Staff
lautlos New Member United States 19 Posts	Posted 03/27/2025 2:53 pm 4 notes from 3 different sheets first all backs got printed, using BP 36 then the fronts got printed, using FP 35,34,36 for 686,687,688 in position G1, and FP 35 in position H1 for 786 so 686 and 786 were adjacent on one sheet, but 687 and 688 were on two different, subsequent sheets Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187862 Posts	Posted 03/27/2025 4:24 pm Well done. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
lautlos New Member United States 19 Posts	Posted 03/27/2025 9:26 pm fwiw, the serial layout calculator Excel (.xls) sheet can be found here: original site https://www.uspapermoney.info/general/arithm.html https://www.uspapermoney.info/files...ial-calc.xls recent copy https://www.uspapermoney.io/general/arithm.html https://www.uspapermoney.io/files/serial-calc.xls Report this Post to the Staff
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